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Hurricane resistant foam-concrete structural composite

  • US 6,185,891 B1
  • Filed: 07/07/1999
  • Issued: 02/13/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for manufacturing a wind resistant structure formed from a plurality of foam-concrete structural composite members comprising:

  • providing a rigid base having a shape defining an outer perimeter of said structure and being constructed and arranged to support said plurality of foam-concrete structural composite members;

    affixing to said rigid base, a plurality of vertically oriented and adhesively engaged foam panels characterized as containing a plurality of channels adapted to contain a reinforcing post therein and whereby vertical wall portions of said structure are formed;

    providing a plurality of obliquely oriented and adhesively engaged foam panels characterized as containing a plurality of channels adapted to contain a reinforcing post therein and whereby oblique roof portions of said structure are formed, said roof portions being adhesively attached to said vertical wall portions and further fixedly engaging a central horizontal reinforcing member, whereby a roof structure is formed;

    inserting a plurality of reinforcing members within the channels of said vertical wall portions and said roof portions and further inserting a fiber reinforced, ethylene-vinyl acetate containing concrete emulsion within said channels whereby said reinforcing posts are formed in-situ;

    applying multiple thin layers of said fiber reinforced, ethylene-vinyl acetate containing concrete emulsion to inner and outer surfaces of said vertical wall portions and roof portions, and curing said emulsion to provide an integrally bonded cementitious layer;

    wherein a structure having enhanced tensile load characteristics is formed, said characteristics being effective to render said structure impervious to damage from winds in the range of about 155-310 mph.

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